Community service and sustainability are cornerstones to a new collective agreement between the City of Lethbridge and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Union Local #237.

The City of Lethbridge has regularly conducted a community survey since 2005.  The survey focuses on understanding citizens’ opinions towards local issues, their quality of life, municipal services, and City priorities.

I am so very pleased to be back writing my monthly column. And that is thanks to the wonderful residents of Lethbridge who, through the 2025 Municipal Election in October, gave me the opportunity to serve for another four years as your Mayor. 

It will take some time to review the entire scope of the proposed 2025 Federal Budget, including discussions with our Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, to see the full impact.

Highlights from the November 3, 2025, meeting of Lethbridge City Council.

After a busy few weeks with the 2025 Municipal Election, Swearing-In Ceremony and the start of orientation, this Lethbridge City Council has now made its first decisions together.

City Council today ratified a new 2- year collective agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local #987.

Lethbridge’s new City Council is now on the clock. In a Swearing-In Ceremony held Monday afternoon at Lethbridge City Hall, the Oath of Office was administered for each of the nine members of the 2025-2029 Lethbridge City Council: Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Councillors Al Beeber, Mark Campbell, Belinda Crowson, Rajko Dodic, Rufa Doria, Ryan Parker, Jenn Schmidt-Rempel and Ryan Wolfe.

With the appropriate checks and balances and an audit now complete, official results have been released for the 2025 Lethbridge Municipal and School Election.

Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford says that with 20/20 polls reporting, unofficial results show that Lethbridge residents have voted in their new City Council-Elect. All polls are now counted, as well, with unofficial results for Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division Ward 2 and for the Lethbridge Public School Division contests.